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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLAF HENRICHSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AMUSEMEN'I DEVICE.

Application filed March 13, 1906, Serial No. 305,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF HENRroHsEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Amusement Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The pur ose of this invention is to provide a means wiereby through the instrumentality of the human breath an object such as a monkey, a bird or an animal of any of the inanimate type can be made to ascend a perpendicular inclined surface proportionately to the lung power of the party engaged and to provide means whereby when the lung power ceases the object will automatically drop to its initial position and will be automatically controlled in the rapidity of its descent.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

Figure 1, is a sectional side elevation of the device, the section being taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2, is a vertical section taken practically on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a structural view illustrating the driving and controlling mechanism, and Fig. 4, is a transverse section taken practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

A represents a standard of any desired character as for example, the trunk of a tree.

This standard is supported upon and extends through a hollow base B which is preferably provided with acover 10 whereby to gain access to the interior. The standard A is provided with a vertical slot 10a extending through one side within a portion of the base and as high as may be desired. The standard A representing the trunk of a tree, in this instance, is hollow for a suitable portion of its length, thus providing a chamber 11. In the upper portion of this chamber 11 a spindle 12a is secured, upon which rotates a sprocket wheel 12. A shaft 13a is mounted to revolve in the base B which shaft 13a extends into the chamber 11 of the standard A. Within said chamber is provided a sprocket wheel 13 an endless cham belt 14 extending Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Renewed December 20, 1907. Serial No. 407,384.

over the two wheels 12 and 13. A fan 15 is secured on the shaft 13 which fan acts as a governor and is adapted to regulate the descent of the object C attached to the endless chain 14 in the manner to be hereinafter described. The said shaft 13a which may be termed a governor shaft is provided with a worm wheel 16. This worm wheel 16 meshes with a Worm 17 at the free end of the drive shaft 18 located in the base B. Within this base a frame work C1 is suitably secured comprising for example a standard 19 in which the gear shaft 13a is mounted, and other standards 20 and 21 a.

The drive shaft 18 has one end loosely mounted in the standard or upright 20 and passes through an elongated opening 22 in the standard or upright 21EL so that the end of the shaft carrying the worm 17 may be raised and lowered to engage with the worm wheel 16 as occasion may demand. A tie rod 23 connects the upper portion of the standards or uprights 19 and 20 or 21% suit able offsets 23a being provided.

The worm shaft 18 is raised and lowered by a bellows or pneumatic 24 which at its expansible end is provided with an upright 25 forked to engage with the aforesaid shaft 18, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. matic is supported by attachment to a suitable base 26 as is also shown in Fig. 3, and the pneumatic is attached to one end of a preferably flexible pipe 27 which pipe extends out by means of a conductor 28 from the base B and connects with an upright pipe 29 at whose upper end a mouth piece is connected by preference with a pivotal joint 31 as is shown in Fig. 1. A pulley 32 is secured on the drive shaft 18 ordinarily between the standards or uprights 20 and 21a and below the pulley 32 a second pulley 33 is similarly mounted, being secured on the shaft 33EL and a belt` 34 passes over these two pulleys. The pulleys 32 and 33 are shown as cone pulleys, but it will be understood that ordinary pulleys may be'substituted and are frequently preferably used. The belt 34 is held in proper position when the cone pulleys are employed by means of a suitable guide fork 35, which however is not essential to the operation of the machine. A grooved pulley 36 carries an endless belt 37, which belt is also passed over the driving pulley 38 of the motor D of any approved type. The object O, in this instance a representation of a monkey, is attached to the endless chain 14, being so placed as to appear climbing the trunk of the tree or the standard A. This object C has preferably a spring connection 41 with the endless belt 14 so that the object will vibrate more or less and thus appears more life like in its ascension and descension. The spring 41 as is shown in Fig. 4 is secured at one end of the inner surface of the object and at its other end to a box structure 41a. which extends into the chamber 11 through the opening or slot 10a. The box casing 41 a is shown provided with blocks 39 and 40 so as to be readily attached to the outer stretch of the endless belt 14 which passes between the said blocks, but it will vbe understood that l do not confine myself to the particular manner shown of securing the object to the endless carrying chain.

1n operating, the player will blow into the mouth piece 30, the object being in its initial position or position of rest on the base B. The motor D may run constantly and when the player has blown sufficiently hard to infiate the bellows or pneumatic 24 to such an extent as to raise the drive shaft 18, bringing the worm 17 in engagement with the worm wheel 16, the endless chain will be set in motion and will continuein motion as long as the player can hold the shaft 18 in its working position and during that period the object will continue to ascend. When the player stops blowing, the bellows collapses, the drive shaft 18 falls and the upward movement of the object is stopped and it drops through gravity into its initial position, the force of its fall being broken by the action of the controlling fan 15.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an amusement device, a slotted standard, pulleys mounted therein, an endless belt carried by the pulleys, an object secured to the belt and located without the standard, adriven shaft for the endless belt, a gear on the said shaft, a drive shaft movable relatively to the driven shaft, and provided with a gear to mesh with the gear on the driven shaft, and means for controlling the movement of the drive shaft.

2. 1n an amusement device, a slotted standard, pulleys within the standard, an endless belt carried by the pulleys, an object without the standard and connected with the said belt through the said slot in the standard, a driven shaft for the endless belt, a drive shaft having movement at one end relatively to the driven shaft, gears on the two shafts adapted to mesh when the driving shaft is raised, a pneumatic for raising the drive shaft, means for operating the pneumatic, and a motor connected with the drive shaft.

3. In an amusement device, a hollow standard, pulleys mounted therein, an endless carrier belt supported by the pulleys, the said standard being provided with a slot opposite a stretch of the said belt, an object located at the outer surface of the standard and free therefrom, a connection between the object and the stretch of the belt opposite the said slot, a driven shaft connected with a pulley for the belt, a governor for lthe said driven shaft, a motor controlled drive shaft movable at one end relatively to the driven shaft, a gear on the driven shaft, a gear on the drive shaft at its movable end adapted when the -drive shaft is moved v in one direction to engage with the gear on the driven shaft and to separate therefrom when the drive shaft is moved in another direction, a bellows in engagement with the drive shaft and a conductor of air connected with the said bellows to innate the same and move the said drive shaft to operative position for the purpose as set forth.

4. In an amusement device, a standard, an object movable upon the standard, a concealed driving mechanism for the object and means for pneumatically operating the driving mechanism and automatically stopping same.

5. ln an amusement device, a standard, an

object at the exterior of the standard, inde-v pendent thereof, adapted for movement up and down the same, a traveling, supporting mechanism concealed within the standard, and connected with the object, a motor controlled main driving mechanism, an intermediate driving mechanism for the carrier of the object and means for pneumatically bringing the motor controlled mechanism in driving relation to the said intermediate driving mechanism, said pneumatic means being adapted for automatic release.

6. 1n an amusement device, a standard, a

carrying device connected with the standard, an object for display controlled by the carrying device, a driving mechanism for the carrying device, and a pneumatically controlled means for making and breaking a connection between the carrying device and the driving mechanism.

7. 1n an amusement device, a standard, a

rotatable carrying mechanism concealed within the standard, an obj ect for displaylocated at the exterior of the standard free therefrom and connected with the said rotatable carrying mechanism, a driving mechanism for the carrying mechanism and a means controlled by the breath of the operator for making and breaking connections between the carrying and the driving mechanism.

OLAF HENRICHSEN.

Vitnesses EDWARD HAAsE, E. MOLAUGHLIN. 

